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Festival Announcement
Black to the Future:
A Black Science Fiction Festival
June 11-13, 2004
Seattle, Washington, USA
Black to the Future is a 3-day multidisciplinary festival featuring some of the nation's most accomplished science fiction novelists and essayists including Octavia Butler, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, and Walter Mosley. For three days, we will celebrate the remarkable accomplishments black artists have made to speculative fiction through engaging and exciting programs including:
* A mini Black Science Fiction Film Festival
* Performing arts events
* Panels, readings, and book signings
* A Black Science Fiction Book Fair
"Black to the Future will provide a welcome networking opportunity for writers who are currently published, but it would electrify young writers and fans, black and white, who have never considered the degree to which writers of color have been a part of this field," said science fiction/fantasy writer Tananarive Due. This festival, the first of its kind, will explore the black aesthetic in not only literature, but also in film, music, and other forms of creative expression.
To get festival updates delivered directly to your Inbox, e-mail us at info@cdforum.org and ask to be added to the Black Sci-Fi mailing list.
If you are a representative of a Seattle area business and would like to be a sponsor of this event, write to sponsors@cdforum.org to receive a list of sponsorship opportunities.
Presenting Sponsors: The National Endowment for the Arts,
Allen Foundation for the Arts and the Cultural Development Authority of King County.
MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.cdforum.org/bttf/ >>
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